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New Nationals’ pitching coach Jim Hickey draws raves from former big league pitcher Shawn Camp... Right-hander from Northern Virginia pitched for the Rays under new pitching coach for the Nationals … Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports WASHINGTON –   Shawn Camp , a veteran Major Leaguer from Fairfax, was preparing for his second season with Tampa Bay when the team hired a new pitching coach. It was before the 2007 season and Tampa Bay landed Jim Hickey to look over a young pitching staff, after he had veterans such as  Roger Clemens  and  Andy Pettitte  with the  Houston Astros . Hickey took over for Mike Butcher and worked under manager Joe Maddon. “Obviously it was his first year with the organization,” Camp, 44, told Federal Baseball on Monday, hours after Hickey was named the new pitching coach for the  Nationals . “Any time you have a chance to work under Joe Maddon (is a plus) … Jim was a positive guy. He is very hands on with his approach.” “He simpl...

Kanye West responds to Issa Rae's 'SNL' joke: 'I'm praying for her' (CNN) Kanye West is speaking out after being mentioned in Issa Rae's  "Saturday Night Live" skit. The "Insecure" actress played a lawyer for the NAACP appearing on Kenan Thompson's made-up morning talk show, "Your Voice Chicago," about the upcoming presidential election. In the first moments of the skit, Rae said she would be "voting for everybody Black" -- a play on her viral comment at the 2017 Emmy Awards that she was "rooting for everybody Black." Seconds before the end of the skit, Rae quickly got the last word by responding to Thompson's mention of Kanye West with, "Kanye? F him!" along with an eye roll. West responded to the joke by  tweeting , "Ive always said SNL uses black people to hold other black people back My heart goes out to Issa Rae I'm praying for her and her family." He continued, "I kn...